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Getting ready for APC80 style controllerism!
0Getting started to unleash the mega power of the AKAI APC20 + AKAI APC40 together in an ultimate combi, by many named the unofficial APC80! Started to create an ultimate mapping for Traktor Pro which combines the forces of ‘unlimited’ buttons and faders.
Also I want to incorporate the Traktor S4 funtionality into Traktor Pro, but not 100% sure yet whether I do want to create this for Traktor Pro , or just already use Traktor S4 for this.
Check out the teaser vid below.
APC40 Midi Mapping v3.00 for Traktor
35It is almost becoming an addiction to create the ultimate TSI mapping for the APC40. In the beginning I purely focussed on having a TSI on the APC which gives me additional options and makes more functionalities available next to my Reloop Digital Jockey II I own as well. But now I moved to a TSI supported the APC40 as a standalone deck featuring every hot function in traktor needed while playing the tracks!
I’ve created a whole new version of the TSI and remapped some old notes, so please check out the new image to be sure you understand the map.
Main Functions
Check out these main functions this mapping supports:
In short the main functions (the rest can be checked in the image map describing the mapping functions):
- Full cueing options on 2 decks
- Great loop functionality, including different loop lengts and relooping
- 2 advanced fx units supporting delay, slicing, 8bar sampling and gater fx (don’t forget to use 2 advanced fx together and play with fx on fx3 while sampling it on fx4!)
- 2 chained fx units supporting various fx’s with fx1 supporting cool sound fx and fx2 supporting beat-fx with delays (don’t forget to use 3 fx together, for example all fx on fx unit 4, which give you awesome delayed gater sounds while playing with the beatmasher as well!!)
- dry/wet indepent per fx unit!
- Xone 4 EQ supported on both decks!
- Filter effect for both deck
- and much more.. (volume faders, crossfader, auto grid-cueing on cue1 etc..)
The mapping keeps on growing but it is now already very grown up and good to use in every set. Be sure to check out the pre-conditions of this map (see image) to fully use the TSI including LED’s etc.
Now go and download the HOUSEQ APC40 Midi Mapping v3.00 instantly!
APC40 sends out different notes per production batch
1Some of you already noticed that the APC controller mappings I’ve provided somehow don’t 100% correctly work on your APC40 with Traktor Pro. Most errors appear on the red/blue/green button sections, but also some people seem to have strange behaviour on the track selection buttons.
While I was checking out what could be the reason, I found a possible reason for all these strange behaviours; the APC40 notes-overviews are different per country and/or production batch and/or ?. Until now I’ve seen various notes-overviews, in total I’ve already noticed 3 different ones so far. I’ve no idea whether this can be set manually but nobody on any forum, nor on the Ableton or AKAI website, has any information about this. Some of you might not even care
, but this makes sharing TSI and controller mappings for i.e. Ableton quite hard.


